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Skills Builder underpins all our core values at Towers Federation. It is included within our whole school curriculum maps, newsletters, BUILD logo and many more. We value the skills that Skills Builder has to offer and we use these daily within our teaching of key skills which help prepare young children for their future.
Overall impact
Understanding of key skills needed at a young age and how they develop further to allow children how to progress into the world of work.
Keep it simple
The skills are displayed around the school, on our PowerPoints to reference to the skills throughout some lessons, they are listed on our curriculum maps and newsletters to parents (half termly), and (when mentioned) on our weekly newsletter to parents,
Start early, keep going
During Careers Week, parents were invited in to share their careers experience; careers days included the essential skills; linking specific themes days and weeks to Skills Builder (maths week); and Mental Health Week gave an opportunity to think about communication skills.
Measure it
The Hub dashboard is regularly updated by staff and some resources are being used depending on the needs of the class. The Skills Builder displays are a non negotiable in every classroom for teachers and children to refer back to and we have linked our BUILD sticker chart to key values of Skills Builder.
Focus tightly
Displays around the school, displays on our PowerPoints with reference to the skills throughout lessons, stickers given when children have used a specific skill within a task.
Keep practising
The following incorporated essential skills teaching: after school clubs (art, writing, cooking, dance), enterprise week for Year 5 (designing an object to sell at the summer fayre so looking at the essential skills needed alongside the development of career skills), maths week looked at creativity, communication and teamwork.
Bring it to life
During Careers Week, parents were invited in to share their careers experience; careers days took place; specific themes days and weeks were linked to Skills Builder (maths week), and Mental Health Week was an opportunity to think about the key skill of communication. The HEST team also came into school to talk about key ways to deal with situations and this was linked to Skills Builder; and there was a careers workshop online for KS2.
What's next
Continue to develop the interaction with parents and allowing them to come into school and share their career, skill set, qualifications.
